Re: pinhole project ideas

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From: Gene Thompson (gthompso@ccsf.cc.ca.us)
Date: Mon Aug 20 2001 - 20:33:21 PDT 

Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 20:33:21 -0700 (PDT)
From: Gene Thompson <gthompso@ccsf.cc.ca.us>
Subject: Re: pinhole project ideas
Message-ID: <Pine.HPX.4.21.0108202031030.5611-100000@fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us>

How about a scale model of the solar system across your city? This
involves making a scale that's big enough so you can see the planets (even
if they're just dots) but small enough so that the model fits in a
geographical area that's accessible, contact stores in the proper
locations to host the planets and the planet and project info,
constructing the sun and planets, doing the measuring, etc.etc. It takes
a while. I did this with a high school physical science class and it took
us a month to get everything set up and done...

Ellen Koivisto, SF

On Mon, 20 Aug 2001, Gary Horne wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> I want to create a year-long math project for my sixth grade class.
> Ideally, this would be something that the kids would build at the end of the
> year requiring an extensive amount of mathematics to plan. Perhaps
> something which is simple to build but can have many different variations.
> My hope is that, in addition to teaching the mathematics necessary for the
> project, the kids can test it using spreadsheets before construction.
>
> So far, I've thought of,
>
> A catapult/projectile where the kids make a launch pad and target,
>
> CO2 car
>
> Garden design (planting at different times to achieve correct look after x
> number of days)
>
> Solar oven
>
> But none of these are quite right. Any other ideas out there?
>
> g
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